Google users can still send subscription requests to contacts whose
accounts are hosted elsewhere. But they cannot accept incoming
requests. This change is akin to Google no longer accepting incoming
e-mail for @gmail.com addresses from non-Google domains. That would be
unthinkable.

March 23 and 24 are coming up fast, and there are already 150 people signed up for LibrePlanet 2013. Attendees are coming to Cambridge, Massachusetts from around the US as well as far-flung countries. So many free software lovers coming together to swap stories and share ideas!